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NC police say dead bear was a prank, not political
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igVGB_hHJfX2Odof8OgJyEPkCLPwD93V750O0
Police in NC: Dead bear under Obama signs a prank
CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) ? Authorities said Tuesday that a student prank, not a political statement, was the motivation for dumping a dead bear cub draped in Barack Obama signs on a North Carolina campus earlier this week.
Seven Western Carolina University students were involved, and possible charges were being discussed with the local prosecutor, said Campus Police Chief Tom Johnson. Police did not release the students' names.
The students told authorities they took political signs at random to cover the bear's wound and prevent blood from spilling into the bed of the truck they were driving.
They discovered a carcass of the cub, which had been shot in the head, while camping over the weekend and brought it back to a gathering at an apartment near campus Sunday night, according to a statement from the school.
It was during that gathering, officials said, that a student suggested placing the bear at the base of a statue at the main entrance to the campus.
Maintenance workers found the bear cub's body early Monday morning near the school's entrance.
"I am pleased to hear that this situation appears to be a stupid prank," Western Carolina chancellor John W. Bardo said.
Re: NC police say dead bear was a prank, not political
Looks like TeamC was correct in her skepticism.
How disturbing is that, though? Who picks up a dead anything? I even need like, 4 or 5 layers of paper towel between my fingers and a dead bug. I suppose these kids are less squeamish, though. And how was the bear shot in the first place?
Weird.
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I don't believe them and I hope they get expelled. ?You don't leave a dead bear on campus.
Me too.
I don't buy it.
No, really, officer - I just FOUND the dead guy and left him on campus covered in religious paraphenalia. It was just a prank, honest!
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
Who takes a shot-in-the-head bear cub to a "gathering" near campus?
I can buy that they took whatever was near them (Obama signs) at the time to prevent blood from getting on the truck, if that was all they did. That doesn't explain why they then kept the signs around the bear when it was dumped at the school's entrance. It also doesn't explain why they took the dead bear with them to an apartment. gross.